• William@mander.xyz
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    29 days ago

    Same thing with “carbon footprint”, which was invented by B.P to shift the blame for climate change onto the consumer.

    I’m not saying don’t try to reduce your emissions by using electric vehicles, going plant based or at least reducing animal product intake, and limiting flying, just that it’s pretty meaningless in the whole scale of things, so instead of focusing on the individual, focus on organizing protests, disrupting, and other collective action.

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      29 days ago

      I’m not saying don’t try to reduce your emissions by…

      I’ll say it. Don’t do these things because you think they reduce your carbon emissions. Do it when it’s the most frugal option.

      Reduce and reuse are still something we should 100% being doing but trying to measure then inject carbon foot print is futile.

      Every dollar spend it a better measurement of your contribution to emissions. Trying to calculate it yourself with incomplete data is pointless.

      Don’t be fooled by some study you read that made you feel like a righteous person. No one knows. The methods we have for measuring and assessing our footprint are hilariously incompete.

      The truth is buried in endless noise. We don’t know what we need to know because it is in the best interests of others that we not know it. Blindspots.

      Buy less products because buy “better” is a personal fantasy. Where better is because some popsci idea made you feel guilty for not being better. What the fuck do these things know, they’re bullshitting. Yes people do that; not just on the internet but definitely there.

  • F_State@midwest.social
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    29 days ago

    Important to note that recycling some things makes sense, like metal. And recycling glass makes sense but sanitizing and reusing bottles makes alot more sense. There’s also been a push to compost as much paper product as possible since that makes way more sense than recycling paper. Our green bins now take any brown cardboard with no tape and pizza boxes.

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    29 days ago

    I admit biology isn’t my field of expertise, but if there’s plastic in my danglies, does that mean my kids will be action figures, or will that take several more generations?

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    26 days ago

    We have these groups of volunteers gathering trash along the roadside. The more they collect the more they can earn for their good cause or their organisation.

    They’re being cheap cleanup for the companies that sell trash and by collecting trash they keep the stats down.